More meme accounts are going private. Their owners say it’s a new way to gain followers on a crowded platform.
Over the past six months, some of Instagram’s biggest meme pages—like Shithead Steve, with more than 2.5 million followers, howitlook.s (8 million), couplesnote, (8.2 million) greatercomedy, (5.3 million), Pubity (5.1 million), and more—have locked down their accounts, forcing non-followers to request access in order to view their content.
A new strategy to get more followers.
IHOP said on its IHOB Twitter account that the new name was just a gimmick to promote its burgers.
— Read on fortune.com/2018/07/09/ihob-ihop-rebranding-gimmick-scam/
You’ve been punked!
Can you beat the algorithms and brain pollution?
We’re not confined to what’s in our newsfeeds — we can use search engines to validate what’s real or not at any time. And while Google’s own algorithms exert influence, we can dig and compare beyond a single source or platform.
medium.com/@armano/dont-quit-social-media-it-s-time-to-take-the-power-back-ef7269a3c83b
Under rules for the new archive that strives for transparency in politics, all sorts of organizations with names linked to presidents are finding their promotions blocked.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-02/facebook-s-algorithm-blocks-ads-for-bush-s-beans-singers-named-clinton
Say what?
You Shall Be Judged By the Company You Keep!
— Read on www.entrepreneur.com/amphtml/275927
My mother was right!
7 Secrets To Producing Engaging Podcast Content
— Read on www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/jonlevy/2017/12/18/7-secrets-to-produce-engaging-podcast-content/amp/
Produce engaging podcast content, from Forbes
Facebook struck customized data-sharing deals that gave select companies special access to user records well after the point in 2015 that the social network has said it walled off that information.
— Read on www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-gave-some-companies-access-to-additional-data-about-users-friends-1528490406
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